Menzies Aviation has announced the award of the Emirates Skycargo contract for Ramp Handling in Prague Ruzyne Airport, where the group also currently provides cargo handling services to the airline.
The contract commenced on the 9th November and is a new route for the airline. They will operate a weekly flight to Prague using B747-200F aircraft. The contract follows closely on the heels of another Emirates contract at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport.
The contract is for ramp and cabin cleaning services at Houston where Emirates will initially operate three flights per week commencing 3 December, using B777-200LR aircraft, rising to daily flights in early 2008.
Just prior to that Menzies was awarded a 3-year cargo handling contract by Martinair for offline cargo handling throughout Ireland. The contract commenced on 22 October and provides full offline cargo handling services at Dublin, Shannon and Cork.
Menzies Aviation is one of the world’s major independent suppliers of ground handling services to the aviation market providing passenger, ramp and cargo services for many of the world’s leading airlines and some of the busiest international airports. Menzies operates at some 122 airports in 27 countries servicing more than 500 aviation customers.